The authors would like to sincerely thank all the people who consented to be interviewed for this book for being so generous with their time. We are also deeply indebted to the following individuals who went above and beyond to move this project up the hill: Bill Barbot, Cory Brennan, Steve Brown, Brit Buckley, Amanda Cagan, Tor Caracappa, Josh Cohen, Larry Crane, Lily Cronig, David “Dizzy” Dunton, Pete Evick, “Metal” Maria Ferrero, Gayle Fine, Brian “Damage” Forsythe, Jon Freeman, Röb Gröm, Tracii Guns, Janie Hoffman, DeeDee Keel, Jeff Klein, Andy Langer, Larry Mazer, Marc “the Animal” Resnick, Steven Rosen, Share Ross, Keith Roth, Chris Scapelliti, Madelyn Scarpulla, Mike Squires, Danny Stanton, Nick Stern, Rob Tannenbaum, Corey Taylor, Brad Tolinski, Eddie Trunk, Katherine Turman, Mark Weiss, Jon Wiederhorn, and Mark Yarm.
Apologies are owed to a handful of people who were interviewed at length but who sadly do not appear in the final text because of narrative constraints: Peter Baron, Robert Battaglia, Gary Cee, Anthony Corder, Bob “Nitebob” Czaykowski, Rik Fox, Gary Graff, Chip Hobart, Bruce Kulick, John Lassman, Jack Lue, Jason McMaster, Jizzy Pearl, Bob Rock, Gerry Rothberg, Stuart Simone, Tommy Thayer, and Chip Z’Nuff.
And even greater apologies to anyone who deserved to be included and was thoughtlessly omitted.
Last, four interviewees passed away during the completion of this book. Our gratitude goes out to Frankie Banali, Ron Goudie, Lizzie Grey, and Gina Zamparelli for offering their time and insight. We extend our deepest sympathies to their families and loved ones.